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ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
Our Board of Directors is committed to corporate governance practices that promote an ethical work environment and believe
that setting the “tone at the top” with a strong governance structure is critical to our long-term success. We are guided by
corporate governance guidelines and a code of business conduct and ethics and require all directors, officers and coworkers
to complete an annual conflict of interest questionnaire. Similarly, all vendors are required to comply with our Vendor Code of
Conduct. To ensure greater transparency and preserve the trust of our stakeholders, our governance guidelines and codes of
conduct are available in the “Investors/Governance” section of our website.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW HIGHWOODS GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS
Highwoods has a zero-tolerance policy for activities that violate any laws or regulations, including those covering bribery,
copyrights, information privacy, political contributions, insider trading, occupational health and safety, discrimination and
harassment. Coworkers are prohibited from offering, promising or providing anything of value to any person for the purpose of
influencing that person to assist Highwoods in obtaining an improper business advantage. All corporations, including Highwoods,
are prohibited from directly or indirectly making any kind of cash or in-kind contribution to candidates for federal office and, in
many areas in which we operate, state or local office. Corporate donations to any candidate for public office may only be made
with the prior approval of our General Counsel and only to the extent permitted by applicable laws.
All coworkers receive periodic training on ethics related topics and we have an open-door policy to encourage our coworkers to
disclose any issues concerning regulatory compliance, accounting, audit or internal control issues. We maintain an ethics hotline
via EthicsPoint for anonymous disclosures. All reported ethical concerns are promptly reviewed and addressed by our legal team
and, if applicable, a committee of our Board of Directors.
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