UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2025

HIGHLANDS REIT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland

000-55580

81-0862795

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1 South Dearborn Street, 20th Floor Chicago, IL 60603

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

312-583-7990

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

N/A

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Chief Executive Officer of Highlands REIT, Inc. (the “Company” or “Highlands”) plans to include the following remarks at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

“Looking ahead, we continue to grapple with challenges facing the non-core portfolio, which still has assets that need significant work, including our long-vacant correctional facility, undeveloped land in Florida and other low-to-no-equity properties. Of course, our few remaining non-core properties will be some of the most difficult to resolve; that’s why they’re last. A number of factors affecting these properties are outside our control; we can’t predict what will happen with tariffs, inflation, interest rates, real estate markets or the economy generally. Having said that, we are cautiously optimistic with some of the assets in our non-core portfolio. But turning these last few assets around will take some time. In the interim, we will continue to explore offering an additional liquidity option to our shareholders, which we expect to announce within a year.”

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements,” which are not historical facts, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include statements about Highlands’ plans, objectives, strategies, financial performance and outlook, trends, the amount and timing of future cash distributions, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual financial results, performance, achievements or prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “guidance,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “likely,” “will,” “would,” “illustrative” and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Highlands and its management based on their knowledge and understanding of the business and industry, are inherently uncertain. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and stockholders should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. There are a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, but are not limited to: business, financial and operating risks inherent to real estate investments and the industry; our ability to renew leases, lease vacant space, or re-lease space as leases expire; our ability to repay or refinance our debt as it comes due; difficulty selling or re-leasing our investment properties due to their specific characteristics; contraction in the global economy or low levels of economic growth; our ability to sell our investment properties at a price and on a timeline consistent with our investment objectives, or at all; our ability to service our debt; changes in interest rates and operating costs; compliance with regulatory regimes and local laws; uninsured or underinsured losses, including those relating to natural disasters or terrorism; domestic or international instability or political or civil unrest, including the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and Israel and their worldwide economic impact; the amount of debt that we currently have or may incur in the future; provisions in our debt agreements that may restrict the operation of our business; our separation from InvenTrust and our ability to operate as a stand-alone public reporting company; our organizational and governance structure; our status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”); the cost of compliance with and liabilities under environmental, health and safety laws; the uncertainty and economic impact of pandemics, epidemics or other public health emergencies or fear of such events; adverse litigation judgments or settlements; changes in real estate and zoning laws and increase in real property tax rates; changes in federal, state or local tax law, including legislative, administrative, regulatory or other actions affecting REITs; changes in governmental regulations or interpretations thereof; and estimates relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future; and the risks, uncertainties and other factors set forth in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Highlands REIT, Inc.

Date: May 8, 2025 By: /s/ Robert J. Lange

Name: Robert J. Lange

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

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