President and Chief Executive Officer · HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. (HIW)

Theodore Klinck

A named executive officer of HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,124,352

FY2024: $5,147,367

1st of 4 named executive officers at Highwoods Properties by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Theodore Klinck compensation by year

HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$414,346$426,540$445,500$506,953$687,500$675,000$732,692$755,769$757,500$772,067
Bonus$0$0$0$185,000$0$0—$0$0$0
Stock awards$650,187$613,897$770,996$1,010,238$1,669,699$1,892,549$2,596,634$2,540,103$2,777,629$2,795,397
Option awards$150,175$154,802$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$699,553$675,630$566,862$335,031$877,500$1,399,125$1,480,605$1,215,545$1,369,848$1,291,154
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0
All other$83,941$61,908$59,630$66,483$89,768$115,926$145,429$191,462$242,390$265,734
Total$1,998,202$1,932,777$1,842,988$2,103,705$3,324,467$4,082,600$4,955,360$4,702,879$5,147,367$5,124,352

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0000921082-26-000030, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. filed document, accession 0000921082-26-000030. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 27, 2026.

$2.0M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$2.1M
$3.3M
$4.1M
$5.0M
$4.7M
$5.1M
$5.1M
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FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU149,892$3,870,211—
RSU119,903$3,095,895—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Theodore Klinck · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$5,124,352
Brendan MaioranaExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,051,282
Brian LearyExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$2,024,547
Jeffrey MillerExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,431,816

Board service

HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES pays directors a $60,000 cash retainer and $90,000 in Restricted Stock. As stated in HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Investment (Chair) · Executive (Ex-Officio)

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