NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC. 3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock (Par Value $0.01 Per Share) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • October 1st, 2008 • National Retail Properties, Inc. • Real estate investment trusts • New York
National Retail Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for whom you are acting as Representatives (the “Representatives”) 3,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 450,000 shares of Common Stock solely to cover over-allotments (the “Option Shares”; the Option Shares, together with the Firm Shares, hereinafter called the “Shares”). The respective amounts of the Shares to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto.
