CADENCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION [ ] Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • July 28th, 2009 • Cadence Financial Corp • National commercial banks • Virginia
Cadence Financial Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with each of the Underwriters listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), for whom FBR Capital Markets & Co. is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company of [ ] shares (the “Initial Shares”) of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule I hereto, and (ii) the grant of the option described in Section 1(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of [ ] additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments (the “Option Shares”), if any, from the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, in the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the names of e
