Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer (as
defined below) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment,
and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such
other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
REGISTERED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No. :1 $100,000,000
CUSIP No: 431282 AE2
HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
7-1/8% NOTE DUE FEBRUARY 1, 2008
HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a North Carolina limited
partnership (hereinafter called the "Issuer," which term shall include any
successor partnership or entity under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co, or registered assigns,
upon presentation, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
($100,000,000) on February 1, 2008, and to pay interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereon from February 2, 1998, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually
in arrears on February 1 and August 1, in each year, commencing August 1, 1998,
at the rate of 7-1/8% per annum, until the entire principal amount hereof is
paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest which shall be 15 calendar days (whether or not a
Business Day) preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee which shall not be more than 15 days and not
less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, notice whereof
shall be given to Holders not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture Payment
of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, and interest on this Note
will be made at the Office or Agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose
in the City of New York, State of New York, currently located c/o First Union
National Bank of New York, 40 Broad Street, 5th Floor, Suite 550, New York, New
York 10004, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided,
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however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by (i)
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register kept for the Notes pursuant to Section 305 of
the Indenture (the "Note Register") or (ii) transfer to an account of the Person
entitled thereto located inside the United States.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Issuer (herein called the "Notes"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1996 (herein called the
"Indenture"), among the Issuer, Highwoods Properties, Inc. and First Union
National Bank (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Issuer, the Trustee, Highwoods Properties, Inc and the Holders of the
Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated as the "7-1/8% Notes
due February 1, 2008," limited in aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000.
The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in
whole or from time to time in part, upon notice of not more than 60 nor less
than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, at a redemption price equal to the
sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes (or portion thereof) being redeemed
plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole
Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes (or portion thereof).
The following definitions apply with respect to any redemption or
accelerated payment of the Notes of this series:
"Make-Whole Amount" means, in connection with any optional redemption
or accelerated payment of any Notes, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each
dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive
of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would
have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis,
such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third
Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or
declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such
principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
being redeemed or paid.
"Reinvestment Rate" means .25% plus the yield on treasury securities
at a constant maturity for the most recent week under the heading "Week Ending"
published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption" Treasury
Constant Maturities" for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month)
corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the
principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such
maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to
such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence
and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields
on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the
nearest
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month. For the purpose of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent
Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-
Whole Amount shall be used.
"Statistical Release" means the statistical release designated "H.15
(519)"or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal
Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States
government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such statistical
release is not published at the time of any determination under the Indenture,
then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the
Issuer.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a)
the entire indebtedness of the Issuer on this Note and (b) certain restrictive
covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the
Issuer, in each case, upon compliance by the Issuer with certain conditions set
forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of, and the Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on, the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request
to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as
Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not
have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of
this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt
of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to
any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any interest on or after the respective due dates
expressed herein.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal
amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all
Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Note.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on, and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note
Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Office
or Agency of the Issuer in any Place of Payment where the principal of,
Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, and interest on this Note are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar for the Notes (the "Note
Registrar") duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issue to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee or the Issuer may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer,
the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, INCLUDING THIS NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE
TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR INSTRUMENTS ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED IN
SAID STATE.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused "CUSIP" numbers to be
printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers
as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed hereon.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly
executed this 2nd day of February, 1998.
HIGHWOODS/FORSYTH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Highwoods Properties, Inc., its General
Partner
By: /s/ Ronald P. Gibson
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Ronald P. Gibson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Attest:
By: /s/ Edward J. Fritsch
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Edward J. Fritsch
Secretary
[SEAL]
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Notes of the series designated "7-1/8% Notes due
February 1, 2008" referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto
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SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, including
Zip Code, of Assignee)
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the within Note of Highwoods/Forsyth Limited Partnership and ___________________
hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoint
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Attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within-named Issuer with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: .........................................................................
Signature: .....................................................................
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Signature
Guaranteed: ....................................................................
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an "ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION"
that is a member or participant in a "SIGNATURE GUARANTEE PROGRAM" (E.G., the
Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion
Program or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program).
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