VENTURE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (a Washington corporation) Shares of Common Stock (No Par Value Per Share) PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • September 10th, 2007 • Venture Financial Group Inc • State commercial banks • New York
Venture Financial Group. Inc, a Washington corporation (the “Company”) confirms its agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“Keefe Bruyette”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”, which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Keefe Bruyette is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) 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 additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The aforesaid ___shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities
