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):
November
2, 2007
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
5.03. Amendment
to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Effective
November 2, 2007, the Board of Directors of Home Properties, Inc. (the
“Corporation”) approved an amendment to Article V of the Corporation’s Bylaws to
allow for the issuance of uncertificated shares and authorize the Corporation’s
transfer agent to establish book-entry accounts for uncertificated shares and
to
participate in any authorized direct registration system. The Board
of Directors adopted these amendments to comply with the New York Stock Exchange
requirement that securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange be eligible
for a direct registration system by January 1, 2008. Prior to the
amendment, the bylaws of the Corporation did not provide for uncertificated
shares. The direct registration system allows investors to have
shares registered in their own names by book-entry. Book-entry allows
shares to be owned, recorded and transferred electronically without issuance
of
physical stock certificates, which enables investors and broker-dealers to
effect transactions without the risks and delays associated with transferring
physical certificates. Investors retain other aspects of direct
ownership such as voting rights. As amended, the Bylaws permit
investors with shares registered in their names by book-entry to obtain a
certificate representing the shares by written request to the Corporation or
the
Corporation’s registrar or transfer agent.
A
copy of
the resolutions unanimously adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation
at a meeting duly called and held on November 2, 2007 are attached as an Exhibit
to this Current Report Also attached as an Exhibit to this filing is
a copy of the bylaws of the Corporation as amended.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits
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a.
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
3.1
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Resolutions
of Home Properties, Inc. relating to Amendment of Bylaws of Home
Properties, Inc.
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Exhibit
3.2
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Second
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Home Properties,
Inc.
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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
6, 2007
By: /s/
David P.
Gardner
David
P. Gardner
Executive
Vice President
and
Chief
Financial Officer