HOME PROPERTIES, INC. (a Maryland corporation) 6,000,000 Shares of Common Stock ($0.01 par value) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • September 20th, 2011 • Home Properties Inc • Real estate investment trusts • New York
Home Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 900,000 additional shares of Common Stock to cover overallotments, if any. The aforesaid 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Ini
