Common Contracts

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Underwriting Agreement • March 15th, 2010 • New York

• Contract Type
  Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  March 15th, 2010
• Jurisdiction
  New York

The United States Department of the Treasury (the “Selling Security Holder”) proposes to sell to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto, for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of up to 595,829 warrants (the “Warrants”) of Signature Bank, a New York state chartered bank (the “Bank”), representing the right to purchase that same number of shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of the Bank’s common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”). The respective maximum amounts of the Warrants to be so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto.