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):
October
29, 2008
HOME
PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
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MARYLAND
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1-13136
No.
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16-1455126
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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Identification
Number)
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850
Clinton Square, Rochester, New York 14604
(Address
of principal executive offices and internet site)
(585)
546-4900
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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HOME
PROPERTIES, INC.
CURRENT
REPORT
ON FORM
8-K
Item
5.02 Departure of Director or
Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On
October 29, 2008, the Board of Directors of Home Properties, Inc. voted to
appoint Stephen R. Blank to the Board of Directors, effective January 1,
2009. A press release announcing his appointment is attached as
Exhibit 99.1.
Mr. Blank
will serve as an independent director and has been appointed to serve on the
Audit Committee. Upon joining the Board, Mr. Blank will receive the
same compensation as is paid to other directors of the Company after January 1,
2009.
In
connection with Mr. Blank’s appointment to the Board of Directors, Mr. Blank and
the Company will enter into an Indemnification Agreement in substantially the
same form as the Company has entered into with the other independent
directors.
In
connection with this appointment, the Board of Directors also changed the size
of the Board to eleven directors.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits
99.1 Press
Release of Home Properties, Inc. Dated November 3, 2008 (filed
herewith)
SIGNATURES
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 thereunto
duly authorized.
HOME PROPERTIES,
INC.
(Registrant)
Date: November
3, 2008
By: /s/ David P.
Gardner
David P. Gardner
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer