WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION 18,875,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting AgreementWilmington Trust Corp • February 26th, 2010 • State commercial banks • New York
Wilmington Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 18,875,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 2,831,250 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock”. The Stock, including the Shares, will have attached thereto rights (the “Rights”) to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of the Company’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock”) at a price of $1
