LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES (a Maryland real estate investment trust) 10,750,000 Common Shares of Beneficial Interest* UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • April 29th, 2009 • Lasalle Hotel Properties • Real estate investment trusts • New York
LaSalle Hotel Properties, a Maryland real estate investment trust (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 include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch is acting as representative (in such capacity, hereinafter referred to as the “Representative”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of 10,750,000 of the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), and with respect to 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 1,612,500 additional Common Shares. The aforesaid 10,750,000 Common Shares (the “Initi
