<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000921082-13-000052.txt : 20130813
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000921082-13-000052
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130807
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130813
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130813

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000921082
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				561871668
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13100
		FILM NUMBER:		131033205

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 SMOKETREE CT
		STREET 2:		STE 600
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27604
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9198724924

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 SMOKETREE COURT
		STREET 2:		STE 600
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27604

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HIGHWOODS REALTY LTD PARTNERSHIP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000941713
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LESSORS OF REAL PROPERTY, NEC [6519]
		IRS NUMBER:				561869557
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21731
		FILM NUMBER:		131033206

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 SMOKETREE CT STE 600
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27604
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9198724924

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3100 SMOKETREE COURT
		STREET 2:		STE 600
		CITY:			RALEIGH
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27604

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HIGHWOODS FORSYTH L P
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960626
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 8-K EQUITY OFFERING 8.13.2013
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Employer </font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Identification Number)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Raleigh, North Carolina 27604</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Registrants' telephone number, including area code: (919) 872-4924</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">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: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Written communications pursuant to Rule&#160;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&#160;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&#160;14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&#160;13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:93.359375%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:13px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s4454fefc833b4827883fdba27522474a"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Other Events.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On August 7, 2013, Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Jefferies LLC relating to an offering of 3,750,000 shares of the Company's common stock.  In addition, the Company granted to the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to 562,500 additional shares.  The offering was made pursuant to the Company's automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-172134), including the related prospectus dated February&#160;9,&#160;2011, and a prospectus supplement dated August&#160;7,&#160;2013, as the same may be amended or supplemented. The closing of the offering, which included the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, occurred on August&#160;13,&#160;2013.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay borrowings outstanding under its $475 million unsecured revolving credit facility, to fund its property acquisitions and development activity and for general corporate purposes.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">No.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Underwriting Agreement</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Opinion of Hunton &amp; Williams LLP </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">regarding the legality of the shares</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">8</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Opinion of Hunton &amp; Williams LLP as to certain tax matters</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consent of Hunton &amp; Williams LLP (included in Exhibits 5 and 8)</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">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.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:91.40625%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td width="47%"></td><td width="2%"></td><td width="8%"></td><td width="43%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">By:&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">/s/ Jeffrey D. 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<a name="s5cfeaa1dd6f349c385e4d7b1da386420"></a><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div 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style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 7, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">August 7, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">JEFFERIES LLC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">375 Park Avenue</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">New York, New York 10152</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Jefferies LLC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">520 Madison Avenue</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">New York, NY 10022</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Underwriters</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), acting severally and not jointly, for whom you are acting as representatives (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Representatives</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), the number of shares of its Common Stock, $.01 par value, set forth in Schedule I hereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Firm</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Shares</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than the number of additional shares of its Common Stock, $.01 par value, set forth in Schedule I hereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Additional Shares</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) if and to the extent that you, as Representatives of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the Underwriters in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Shares</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.&#8221; The shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Common Stock.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;  If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Representatives listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms &#8220;Underwriters&#8221; and &#8220;Representatives&#8221; as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Representations and Warranties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  Each of the Company and Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, a North Carolina limited partnership (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Operating Partnership</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), jointly and severally, represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Compliance with Registration Requirements.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;The Company and the Operating Partnership have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Commission</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) an &#8220;automatic shelf registration statement&#8221; as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-172134), in respect of securities of the Company and the Operating Partnership, including the Shares, not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company or the Operating Partnership (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Basic Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;; the various parts of such registration statement, excluding any Form T-1 but including all other exhibits thereto and any prospectus supplement or prospectus relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Securities Act to be part of such registration statement (any such information that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that was deemed to be a part and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act is referred to as &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">430B Information</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;; each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Shares that omitted Rule 430B Information, including the related Basic Prospectus in the form first filed by </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">1</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act is herein called, a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Preliminary Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">;&#8221; the final prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares prepared and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act is hereinafter called the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Prospectus Supplement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, is hereinafter called the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#32;however</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, that no representation or warranty included in any exhibit to any such incorporated document, other than the representations and warranties contained herein, is deemed to be made to you; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement or base prospectus relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exchange Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">EDGAR</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">No order preventing or suspending the use of Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) has been issued by the Commission. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">At the respective times the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities Act Regulations</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement complied and will comply as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Each Preliminary Prospectus (including the Basic Prospectus or any amendment thereto) when so filed complied as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act Regulations. The Prospectus (including any amendment thereto) complied or will comply as to form when filed and at the Closing Date in all material respects with the Securities Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below), if any, issued at or prior to such Applicable Time and each Preliminary Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, as most recently amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time and other information, each identified in Schedule&#160;I hereto (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">General Disclosure Package</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), as of each Applicable Time and the Closing Date will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), if any, as supplemented by and taken together with the General Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As used in this Agreement: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Applicable Time</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; means 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on August</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7, 2013 or such other time as agreed in writing by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters. </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">2</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; means any &#8220;issuer free writing prospectus,&#8221; as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Regulations (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Rule 433</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), relating to the Shares that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a &#8220;road show that is a written communication&#8221; within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company's records pursuant to Rule 433(g). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a &#8220;bona fide electronic road show&#8221; (as defined in Rule 433)), as evidenced by its being specified in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Schedule III</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;hereto. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Exchange Act Regulations</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (i) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (ii) at the time the Prospectus was issued and (iii) on the date of this Agreement, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font 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seasoned issuer&#8221; as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations; and (ii) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or any other offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Shares, neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership was an &#8220;ineligible issuer&#8221; as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Authorization of this Agreement.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Operating Partnership, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Authorization of Issuance.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non&#8209;assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">No Material Adverse Change.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Material Adverse Effect</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (iii) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Common Stock, the Company's preferred stock or the Operating Partnership's units in amounts per share or </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">3</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">unit that are consistent with past practices, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or the Operating Partnership on any class of capital stock or partnership interests.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(g)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Independent Accountants.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(h)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Preparation of the Financial Statements.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and the Operating Partnership, at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, equity, capital and cash flows of the Company and the Operating Partnership, for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">GAAP</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.  The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein.  The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.  The ratios of earnings to fixed charges (actual and, if any, pro forma) included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption &#8220;Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges&#8221; have been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of Regulation S-K of the Commission.  The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, if any, present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.  All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding &#8220;non-GAAP financial measures&#8221; (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Real Estate Investment Trust.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;With respect to all tax periods in respect of which the Internal Revenue Service is or will be entitled to any claim, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">REIT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended  (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Code</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">,&#8221; which term, as used herein, includes the regulations and published interpretations thereunder), and the Company's present and proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT under the Code.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(j)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their Respective Subsidiaries.   </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company and the Operating Partnership, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.  Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and each subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, to transact business and is in good standing or equivalent status in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity that would be deemed a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Significant Subsidiary</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company and the Operating Partnership for the most recently ended fiscal year and other than those Significant Subsidiaries, if any, formed since the last day of the most recently ended fiscal year.</font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">4</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(k)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Ownership of Subsidiaries</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock (or similar equity interests) of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable and such capital stock owned by the Company is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Liens</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(l)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Partnership Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  The Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Partnership Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.  To the best of the Company's knowledge, the Partnership Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the other parties thereto and is a valid and binding agreement, enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(m)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Conformity of Capital Stock to Description</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(n)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Capitalization</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  All of the issued and outstanding units of limited partnership (&#8220;Units&#8221;) of the Operating Partnership have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the Operating Partnership.  None of the Units was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Operating Partnership or any other person or entity. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities or interests for, Units or other ownership interests of the Operating Partnership.  The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership.  The Units owned by the Company are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all Liens, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  The shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company and the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus).  The Common Stock has been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">NYSE</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock from the NYSE, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the NYSE is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(o)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;None of the Company, the Operating Partnership, nor any of their subsidiaries is in violation of its partnership agreement, charter, bylaws, or limited liability company agreement or is in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Default</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries is subject (each, an &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Existing Instrument</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), except for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company's and the Operating Partnership's execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the issuance and delivery of the Shares, and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership or corporate action, as applicable, and will not result in any violation of the provisions of the partnership agreement, charter, bylaws or limited liability company agreement of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, statute, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company, the Operating Partnership or any subsidiary.  As used herein, a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Debt Repayment Triggering Event</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">5</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Operating Partnership, or any of their subsidiaries.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(p)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">No Material Actions or Proceedings.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company's and the Operating Partnership's knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership, or any of their subsidiaries or which has as the subject thereof any property owned or leased by, the Company, the Operating Partnership, or any of their subsidiaries that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Operating Partnership, or such subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.  No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, is threatened or imminent.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(q)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Intellectual Property Rights.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;The Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries own or possess sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, licenses, domain names, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Intellectual Property Rights</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(r)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Absence of Further Requirements</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the execution and delivery by the Company and the Operating Partnership of this Agreement or the performance by the Company or the Operating Partnership of their obligations under this Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Shares under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus except (i) such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations or state securities laws, (ii) such as have been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside of the United States in which the Shares are offered or (iii) such as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">FINRA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(s)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">All Necessary Permits, etc.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;The Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses except for those for which the failure to obtain would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the Company, the Operating Partnership, nor any subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(t)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Title to Properties.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries has good and marketable fee simple title to or valid and enforceable leasehold title in all the properties and assets that are reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 1(h)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;hereof, in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except for such security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(u)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and Ground Leases.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;The mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the properties and assets described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (i) are not convertible (in the absence of foreclosure) into an equity interest in the property or asset described therein or in the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, nor does the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries hold a participating interest therein, (ii) except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">6</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">and the Prospectus, are not cross-defaulted to any indebtedness other than indebtedness of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries and (iii) are not cross-collateralized to any property not owned by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, all ground leases affecting any of the properties, development projects or development land owned by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries are in full force and effect, and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries is in default under any such ground lease and neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership knows of any event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any of such ground leases.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(v)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Tax Law Compliance.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has filed all federal, state, local and foreign income tax returns which have been required to be filed (except in any case in which the failure to so file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all taxes required to be paid and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except, in all cases, for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is being contested in good faith or as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(w)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Not an &#8220;Investment Company&#8221;.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;The Company and the Operating Partnership have been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Company Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">,&#8221; which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).  None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, an &#8220;investment company&#8221; within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(x)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Insurance.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries are insured by recognized, financially sound institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses.  Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has any reason to believe that it or any subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(y)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Title Insurance.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries has title insurance or binding commitments for title insurance on all material properties and assets owned by them in an amount at least equal to the greater of (i) the cost of acquisition of such property or assets and (ii) the cost of construction of the improvements located on such properties.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(z)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">No Price Stabilization or Manipulation.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their affiliates have taken, nor will the Company, the Operating Partnership or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(aa)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">No Registration Rights.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or the Operating Partnership and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or the Operating Partnership to include any securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership with the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, other than as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(bb)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Sarbanes-Oxley Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">,&#8221; which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(cc)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Accounting System.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries maintain a system of accounting controls that is in compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act and is designed to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">7</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(dd)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Disclosure Controls and Procedures</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries is made known to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company by others within the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The auditors of the Company and the Operating Partnership and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of:  (i)&#160;any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the ability of the Company and the Operating Partnership to record, process, summarize, and report financial data; and (ii)&#160;any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the internal controls of the Company and the Operating Partnership.  Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(ee)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Compliance with Environmental Laws.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;Except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) neither the Company, the Operating Partnership, nor any of their subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law or regulation relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum products (collectively, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Materials of Environmental Concern</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of Environmental Concern (collectively, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Environmental Laws</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), which violation includes, without limitation, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental authorizations required for the operation of the business of the Company, the Operating Partnership or their subsidiaries under applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and conditions thereof, nor has the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries received any written communication, whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company or the Operating Partnership has received written notice, and no written notice by any person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental responses costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorneys' fees or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location owned, leased or operated by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, now or in the past (collectively, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Environmental Claims</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), pending or, to the best of the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, threatened against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; and (iii) to the best of the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that would result in a violation of any Environmental Law or form the basis of a potential Environmental Claim against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries or against any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(ff)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Periodic Review of Costs of Environmental Compliance.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;In the ordinary course of its business, the Company and the Operating Partnership conduct a periodic review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries, in the course </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">8</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">of which they identify and evaluate associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties).  On the basis of such review and the amount of its established reserves, the Company and the Operating Partnership have reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(gg)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ERISA Compliance</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  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No &#8220;reportable event&#8221; (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any &#8220;employee benefit plan&#8221; established or maintained by the Company, the Operating Partnership, their subsidiaries, or any of their ERISA Affiliates.  No &#8220;employee benefit plan&#8221; established or maintained by the Company, the Operating Partnership, their subsidiaries, or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such &#8220;employee benefit plan&#8221; were terminated, would have any &#8220;amount of unfunded benefit liabilities&#8221; (as defined under ERISA).  Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership, their subsidiaries, nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any &#8220;employee benefit plan&#8221; or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code.  Each &#8220;employee benefit plan&#8221; established or maintained by the Company, the Operating Partnership, their subsidiaries, or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(hh)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Compliance with Labor Laws</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  Except as  would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the best of the Company's and the Operating Partnership's knowledge, threatened against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements pending, or to the best of the Company's and the Operating Partnership's knowledge, threatened, against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the best of the Company's and the Operating Partnership's knowledge, threatened against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries and (C) no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries and, to the best of the Company's and the Operating Partnership's knowledge, no union organizing activities taking place and (ii) there has been no violation of any federal, state or local law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees or of any applicable wage or hour laws. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Related Party Transactions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any affiliate of the Company or the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and any director, officer, member, stockholder, partner, customer, or supplier of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any affiliate of the Company or the Operating Partnership, on the other hand, which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K which is not so disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  There are no outstanding loans, advances (except advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any affiliate of the Company or the Operating Partnership to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any affiliate of the Company or the Operating Partnership, or any of their respective family members.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(jj)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Unlawful Payments.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director, officer or employee, nor, to the Company's or the 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Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">10</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">rise to a valid claim against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(oo)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Statistical and Market-Related Data. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company and the Operating Partnership believe to be reliable and accurate, and, to the extent necessary, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Agreements to Sell and Purchase.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule&#160;II hereto opposite its name at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Purchase Price</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to the number of Additional Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto at the Purchase Price. You may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the date of the Prospectus. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase date may not be earlier than the closing date for the Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such exercise notice.  On each day, if any, that Additional Shares are to be purchased (an &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Option Closing Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">3.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Public Offering</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable.  The Company is further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">4.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Payment and Delivery.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company on the closing date and time set forth in Schedule I hereto, or at such other time on the same or such other date as may be agreed by the Company and you.  The time and date of such payment (through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company) are hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Closing Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company on the date specified in the corresponding exercise notice described in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;or at such other time on the same or on such other date as may be agreed by the Company and you.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">5.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Conditions to the Underwriters' Obligations</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or the Operating Partnership delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof are as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, true and correct, and the condition that the Company and the Operating Partnership shall have performed all of their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on or prior to the date hereof; any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">11</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the form of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:96px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries by any &#8220;nationally recognized statistical rating organization,&#8221; as such term is defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:96px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, from that set forth in the General Disclosure Package as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;5(b)(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company and the Operating Partnership have complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a written opinion or opinions of Jeffrey Miller, Esq., general counsel of the Company, and Hunton &amp; Williams LLP, counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership, each dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibit B and Exhibit C, respectively, hereto and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Underwriters.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Deloitte&#160;&amp; Touche LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' &#8220;comfort letters&#8221; to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a &#8220;cut&#8209;off date&#8221; not earlier than the date that is 3 business days prior to the Closing Date.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(g)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The &#8220;lock&#8209;up&#8221; agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain executive officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(h)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters, on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, a letter dated as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, in the form previously provided by the Underwriters, that such officer or his staff have performed specified procedures as a result of which such officer has determined that certain information of an accounting, </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">12</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">financial or statistical nature set forth or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is true and correct and agrees with the accounting records of the Company and the Operating Partnership.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">At the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company or the Operating Partnership in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional Shares.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">6.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Covenants of the Company and the Operating Partnership</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, covenant with each Underwriter as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests; Payment of Filing Fees</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership, subject to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">6(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Shares shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company or the Operating Partnership becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares. The Company and the Operating Partnership will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company and the Operating Partnership will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the Securities Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership will give the Representatives notice of their intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Shares or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, and the Company and the Operating Partnership will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. The Company and the Operating Partnership have given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the execution of this Agreement; the Company and the Operating Partnership will give the Representatives notice of their intention to make any such filing from the execution of this Agreement to the Closing Date and will furnish the Representatives </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">13</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Delivery of Registration Statements</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership have furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Delivery of Prospectuses</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership have delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company and the Operating Partnership hereby consent to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company and the Operating Partnership will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Continued Compliance with Securities Laws</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership will comply with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company and the Operating Partnership, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company and the Operating Partnership will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 6(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, the Company and the Operating Partnership will use their best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement with respect to the Shares) and the Company and the Operating Partnership will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Shares) or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company and the Operating Partnership will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Blue Sky Qualifications</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership will use their commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date hereof; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">however</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, that the Company and the Operating Partnership shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">14</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company and the Operating Partnership will also supply the Underwriters with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Shares for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(g)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Rule 158</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(h)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Use of Proceeds</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus under &#8220;Use of Proceeds.&#8221; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Restriction on Sale of Securities</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company also covenants with each Underwriter that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives identified in Schedule I with the authorization to release this lock-up on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the restricted period set forth in Schedule I hereto, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock other than a Form S-8 with respect to the Company's 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.  The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the Underwriters have been advised in writing or are disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the 30 day restricted period, (D) the issuance of Common Stock or cash upon the redemption of units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership, (E) the issuance of up to 500,000 units in the Operating Partnership in connection with property acquisitions, (F) the grant of options or the issuance of Common Stock to employees, officers, directors, advisors or consultants pursuant to any employee benefit plan disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (G) the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the Company's existing dividend reinvestment plan.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(j)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Reporting Requirements</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company and the Operating Partnership, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(k)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an &#8220;issuer free writing prospectus,&#8221; as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a &#8220;free writing prospectus,&#8221; as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Representatives, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Permitted Free Writing Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.&#8221; Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an &#8220;issuer free writing prospectus,&#8221; as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(l)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">REIT Qualification</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code until the Board of Directors of the Company determines that it is no longer in the best interest of the Company to qualify as a REIT. </font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">15</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(m)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Expenses. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;The Company and the Operating Partnership jointly and severally agree, whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any agreement among Underwriters, and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company's and the Operating Partnership's counsel, accountants and other advisors, (iv) the qualification of the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 6(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (v) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (vi) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vii) any transfer or other similar taxes payable on the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, (viii) all filing fees in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by FINRA, (ix) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the NYSE, (x) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (xi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (xii) the costs and expenses of the Company and the Operating Partnership relating to investor presentations on any &#8220;road show&#8221; undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Shares, including without limitation, expenses associated with the Company's and the Operating Partnership's preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the Company's and the Operating Partnership's production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company and the Operating Partnership, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and the Operating Partnership and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft and other transportation chartered by the Company or the Operating Partnership in connection with the road show, and (xiii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Operating Partnership hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 6</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  It is understood, however, that except as provided in this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 6</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;and the last paragraph of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 9</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">7.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Indemnity and Contribution.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its agents, officers and directors, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section&#160;15 of the Securities Act or Section&#160;20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule&#160;405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any &#8220;issuer information&#8221; filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company or the Operating Partnership in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Operating Partnership, the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of either Section&#160;15 of the Securities Act or Section&#160;20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Operating Partnership to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.</font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">16</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;or </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">7(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, such person (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">indemnified party</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">indemnifying party</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding.  In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.  It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred.  Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representative authorized to appoint counsel under this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;set forth in Schedule I hereto, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, and by the Company or the Operating Partnership, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (A) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (B) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.  No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">To the extent the indemnification provided for in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;or </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 7(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause&#160;(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause&#160;(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Shares set forth in the Prospectus.  The relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Operating Partnership or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.</font></div><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">17</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s5CF546E8129AA5674013741E660C2979"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;were determined by </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">pro rata</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;7</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&#160;11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Lock-up Restricted Period:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">30 days following the date of this Agreement</font></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Title of Shares to be purchased:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Number of Additional Shares:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">562,500</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Purchase Price:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">$35.039 per share; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:top;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">&#160;that the purchase price per share for any Additional Shares purchased upon the exercise of the option to purchase Additional Shares shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Additional Shares</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Price to the Public:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Variable</font></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Closing Date and Time:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">August 13, 2013   10:00 A.M.</font></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Closing Location:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Hunton &amp; Williams LLP </font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">One Bank of America Plaza, Suite 1400</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">421 Fayetteville Street</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Raleigh, North Carolina 27601</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">I-1</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0673DE74520A4973DBA9741E665C9B6C"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:88.68312757201646%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="47%"></td><td width="5%"></td><td width="48%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Address for Notices to Underwriters:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">375 Park Avenue</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">New York, New York 10152</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Fax No.:  (212) 214-5914</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:16px;vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Attention: Equity Syndicate Department,</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">With a copy to:  Special Equities Desk</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:16px;vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Fax. No.: (212) 214-8918</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Jefferies LLC</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">520 Madison Avenue</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">New York, NY 10022</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Attention: General Counsel</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Fax. No.: (646) 619-4437</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Address for Notices to the Company or the Operating Partnership:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Raleigh, North Carolina 27604</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Fax. No.: (919) 876-6929</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;">Attention: Jeffrey Miller, Esq.</font></div><div style="vertical-align:top;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">I-2</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s6d855fea434a489d8a9d6b75577c6f1f"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE II</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:75.51440329218107%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td width="74%"></td><td width="2%"></td><td width="23%"></td><td width="1%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:2px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Underwriter</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:2px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Number of Firm Shares To Be Purchased</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1,875,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Jefferies LLC</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1,875,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Total:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">3,750,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">II-1</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s50b74c77fcfa496fbbbee6628c1656f7"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE III</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">ISSUER GENERAL USE FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">None</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">III-1</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s4a81be431e184c99a79cc3cde25c2fa4"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT A</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:24px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">[FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER]</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">August [__], 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">JEFFERIES LLC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As Representatives of the Several Underwriters</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">375 Park Avenue</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">New York, New York 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style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The undersigned understands that Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Jefferies LCC (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Representatives</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Underwriting Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) with Highwoods Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) and Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, a North Carolina limited partnership, providing for the public offering (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Public Offering</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement, including the Representatives (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Underwriters</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), of up to 4,312,500 shares (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Shares</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) of the Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the Company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Common Stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 30 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), (1)&#160;offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2)&#160;enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause&#160;(1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.  The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;that no filing under Section&#160;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exchange Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide gift, or (c) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause&#160;(b) or (c), (i) each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock&#8209;up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) no filing under Section&#160;16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence, or (d) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the restricted period.  In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 30 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.  The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;">A-1</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s4a81be431e184c99a79cc3cde25c2fa4"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned's shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering.  The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned's heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions.  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<a name="s9334AFC698155DF06F59742032674D64"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 5</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:462px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">HUNTON &amp; WILLIAMS LLP</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:462px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">ONE BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA</font></div><div 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style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 13, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Board of Directors</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Raleigh, North Carolina  27604</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Issuance of 4,312,500 Shares of Common Stock</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We have served as special counsel to Highwoods Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), in connection with the offering by the Company of 4,312,500 shares (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Shares</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Common Stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-172134) (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Commission</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Securities Act</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) on February 9, 2011, which became effective upon filing.  The Shares are to be issued pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2013, by and among the Company and Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, on the one hand, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Jefferies LLC, on the other hand (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Underwriting Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;). The Shares include 562,500 shares of Common Stock being issued pursuant to the exercise of the option in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company, together with all amendments and articles supplementary filed to date with respect thereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Charter</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), as certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">SDAT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) as of May 2, 2013, and by the Secretary of the Company as of the date hereof;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Bylaws</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), as certified by the Secretary of the Company as of the date hereof;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the form of certificate representing a share of Common Stock, as certified by the Secretary of the Company on the date hereof; </font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">ATLANTA   AUSTIN   BANGKOK   BEIJING   BRUSSELS   CHARLOTTE   DALLAS   HOUSTON   LONDON   LOS ANGELES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">McLEAN   MIAMI   NEW YORK   NORFOLK   RALEIGH   RICHMOND   SAN FRANCISCO   TOKYO   WASHINGTON</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">www.hunton.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sB883209F840BE76CACBF7420329946F7"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Board of Directors</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 13, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on January&#160;26, 2011, July 12, 2013 and July 31, 2013, and by the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors on August 7, 2013 (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Resolutions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), as certified by the Secretary of the Company as of the date hereof;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(e)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Registration Statement;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(f)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 7, 2013, as filed with the Commission on August 7, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with the base prospectus, dated February 9, 2011 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Base Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;);</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(g)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the final prospectus supplement, dated August 7, 2013, as filed with the Commission on August 9, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with the Base Prospectus (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Final Prospectus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;);</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(h)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(i)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">an executed copy of the certificate of the Secretary of the Company, dated the date hereof, as to certain factual matters;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For purposes of the opinions expressed below, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals thereof, (iii) the genuineness of all signatures and (iv) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by all parties and the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof upon all parties.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Based upon the foregoing, and having regard for such legal considerations as we have considered necessary for purposes hereof, we are of the opinion that: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT, and has the requisite corporate power to issue the Shares.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered upon payment therefor in accordance with the Final Prospectus, the Resolutions and the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sB883209F840BE76CACBF7420329946F7"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Board of Directors</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 13, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The opinion in paragraph 1 with respect to incorporation, existence and good standing of the Company in the State of Maryland is based solely on the Good Standing Certificate. In expressing the opinions above, we have assumed that the Shares will not be issued in violation of Article VI of the Charter. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing opinions are limited to the Maryland General Corporation Law, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of any federal or state securities (or &#8220;blue sky&#8221;) laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland or any federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by any provisions other than those set forth in the Maryland General Corporation Law, we do not express any opinion on such matter. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-3 and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act.  We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement with the Commission on the date hereof and to the use of the name of our firm in the section entitled &#8220;Legal Matters&#8221; in the Final Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This opinion is limited to the matters stated in this letter, and no opinion may be implied or inferred beyond the matters expressly stated in this letter. 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<a name="s8780B336E8821A7492EC7420E62281EC"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 8</font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">HUNTON &amp; WILLIAMS LLP</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">RIVERFRONT PLAZA, EAST TOWER</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">951 EAST BYRD STREET</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23219-4074</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">TEL&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;804  788  8200</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">FAX&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;804  788  8218</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:468px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 13, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Raleigh, North Carolina  27604</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Qualification as</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Real Estate Investment Trust</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We have acted as tax counsel to Highwoods Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), in connection with the offer and sale of up to 4,312,500 shares of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Common Stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-172134) (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), filed on February 9, 2011, with respect to the offer and sale of Common Stock, preferred stock, par value $0.01, of the Company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Preferred Stock</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), depositary shares representing Preferred Stock (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Depositary Shares</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), guarantees of debt securities of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, a North Carolina limited partnership (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Operating Partnership</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), and debt securities of the Operating Partnership to be offered from time-to-time, a preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2013 and a final prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2013 (together, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Prospectus Supplement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  You have requested our opinion regarding certain U.S. federal income tax matters.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In giving this opinion letter, we have examined the following:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company's Amended and Restated Charter, dated as of May 16, 2008, as amended;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated January 1, 2000, as amended;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company's taxable REIT subsidiary election with respect to Highwoods Services, Inc.;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">ATLANTA   AUSTIN   BANGKOK   BEIJING   BRUSSELS   CHARLOTTE   DALLAS   HOUSTON   LONDON   LOS ANGELES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">McLEAN   MIAMI   NEW YORK   NORFOLK   RALEIGH   RICHMOND   SAN FRANCISCO   TOKYO   WASHINGTON</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">www.hunton.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sE1C20D4E027BBD318DB57420E65E1C5E"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Board of Directors</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 13, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; 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We are not aware of any facts that are inconsistent with the representations contained in the Officer's Certificate.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Based on the documents and assumptions set forth above, the representations and covenants set forth in the Officer's Certificate, and the factual matters discussed in the Prospectus under the caption &#8220;Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; and in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption &#8220;Additional Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; (which are incorporated herein by reference), we are of the opinion that:</font></div><br><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sE1C20D4E027BBD318DB57420E65E1C5E"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Board of Directors</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 13, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Company qualified to be taxed as a REIT pursuant to sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Code</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), for its taxable years ended December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2012, and the Company's organization and current and proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2013 and thereafter; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the descriptions of the law and the legal conclusions contained in the Prospectus under the caption &#8220;Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; and in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption &#8220;Additional Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; are correct in all material respects.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We will not review on a continuing basis the Company's compliance with the documents or assumptions set forth above, or the representations set forth in the Officer's Certificate.  Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company's operations for any given taxable year will satisfy the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.  Although we have made such inquiries and performed such investigations as we have deemed necessary to fulfill our professional responsibilities as counsel, we have not undertaken an independent investigation of all the facts referred to in this opinion letter or the Officer's Certificate.  In particular, we note that the Company has engaged in transactions in connection with which we have not provided legal advice and may not have reviewed.  Furthermore, we note that we did not represent the Company prior to February 15, 2012.  Moreover, we have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and we do not assume any responsibility for, and make no representation that we have independently verified, the accuracy, completeness, or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, except to the extent described above with respect to the sections entitled &#8220;Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; in the Prospectus and &#8220;Additional Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; in the Prospectus Supplement and except as may be expressly stated in our separate corporate opinion letter of even date herewith and addressed to you.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing opinions are based on current provisions of the Code and the Treasury regulations thereunder (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Regulations</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), published administrative interpretations thereof, and published court decisions.  The Internal Revenue Service has not issued Regulations or administrative interpretations with respect to various provisions of the Code relating to REIT qualification.  No assurance can be given that the law will not change in a way that will prevent the Company from qualifying as a REIT.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing opinions are limited to the U.S. federal income tax matters addressed herein, and no other opinions are rendered with respect to other U.S. federal tax matters or to any issues arising under the tax laws of any other country, or any state or locality.  We undertake no obligation to update the opinions expressed herein after the date of this letter.  This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof.  Except as provided in the next paragraph, this opinion letter may not be distributed, quoted in whole or in part or otherwise reproduced in any document, or filed with any governmental agency without our express written consent.</font></div><br><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sE1C20D4E027BBD318DB57420E65E1C5E"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Board of Directors</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">August 13, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-size:12pt;">4</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  We also consent to the references to Hunton &amp; Williams LLP under the captions &#8220;Additional Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; and &#8220;Legal Matters&#8221; in the Prospectus Supplement.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Very truly yours,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">/s/ Hunton &amp; Williams LLP</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br>	</body>
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